US airman shot, killed in Florida was from Atlanta [Video]

ATLANTA — A Black United States Air Force airman shot and killed in Florida by deputies at his off-base apartment complex was from metro Atlanta, according to attorneys.

Senior Airman Roger Fortson, a 23-year-old U.S. service member, was fatally shot on May 3 after the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office claimed a deputy responding to a call about a disturbance in progress “reacted in self-defense after he encountered a 23-year-old man armed with a gun.”

11Alive confirmed Wednesday night from attorneys that Fortson was from Atlanta and graduated from McNair High School in DeKalb County. Following graduation, Fortson enlisted in the Air Force, where he was based at the Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field — right near Fort Walton Beach.

Fortson can be seen below on graduation day at McNair High School:

Civil rights attorney Ben Crumpsaid in a statement that Fortson was on a FaceTime call with a …